Big girl panties.

Today, on the way home from the paint store, my mom told me that I'm going to have to "wear the big girl panties" in a certain situation. 
She meant that I needed to be the bigger person, but I just thought it sounded funny. :)
Sometimes I get sick of "being the bigger person".  I get sick of having to be humble when I'm really frustrated.  I get sick of having to own up to things when someone else has wronged me.
Then I remember Jesus.
And I'm ashamed of myself.  Really?  If is SUCH a big deal to be the bigger person every once in a while?  And wouldn't Jesus do that?
Ashley, you've got to keep things in perspective.

On a lighter note, I completed deciphering Great Expectations on Saturday night.  The exhilaration is indescribable. 
So now, I've begun The Scarlet Letter.  Six chapters in, and I'm already loving it. 
A certain person in my class (couch cough, no names named here) complained on orientation night, "It takes 100 pages just to tell you that she has a BABY!"
Lies.
In the first 100 pages it introdues the character of Hester.  Hawthorne does a marvellous job of showing how people view her and how she views herself.  Then, he does this huge in-depth analysis on her feelings about her sin and situation and the people around her.  It's amazing.
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